Dependence on ecosystem goods and services: A case study on East Kolkata Wetlands, West Bengal, India

Wetland Science: Perspectives From South Asia

Volumn , Issue , 2017, Pages 381-405

  Kundu, Nitai ^a   Chakraborty, Anita ^b  

^a Institute of Environmental Studies and Wetland Management   (India)

^b Centre for Environmental Management and Participatory Development   (India)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Bheries; Biodiversity; Horticulture; Macrophytes; Wetland

Indexed keywords

EID: 85033586021     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-81-322-3715-0_20     Document Type: Chapter

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